NASA Highlights Mars, Earth and Other Science at AGU Event

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NASA researchers, including some from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

The meeting will take place Dec. 9 to 13 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

Some news conference will be available via live streaming at http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2, as follows:

After the Curiosity briefing on Dec. 9 hosted by AGU, a NASA media teleconference will be held at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) to discuss the new results from the Radiation Assessment Detector on Curiosity. Audio will be streamed live on NASA's website at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio .
NASA's media briefings during the meeting will feature topics such as the latest discoveries from Mars. Saturn's moon Titan, prospects for the recovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, Comet ISON, and close-up views of the sun from a NASA spacecraft launched this year.